Should I start Ted Hurst III or Jaylen Waddle in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Waddle is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 66 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 56 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as questionable on the injury report.